Wednesday Kurtz wrote that Collins didn't admit that he was engaged to a woman.

That was factually incorrect.

In his coming out column in Sports Illustrated, Collins wrote, "When I was younger I dated women. I even got engaged. I thought I had to live a certain way. I thought I needed to marry a woman and raise kids with her."

In the retraction earlier Thursday, the Daily Beast wrote simply, "The Daily Beast sincerely regrets Kurtz’s error — and any implication that Collins attempted to hide or obscure the engagement."